Here's why "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which reemerges on the charts each holiday season, is on track to become the most successful song ever released.

Carey, 55, earned an incredible $60 million in royalties when the song was first released, Forbes reported, and she now rakes in an estimated $2.5 million to $3 million annually for the hit, which is featured on Merry Christmas, her fourth studio album.

Mariah Carey became the "Queen of Christmas" after the 1994 release of her iconic song, 'All I Want for Christmas Is You.' Here's how much she makes from the song every year.

Temperatures drop, verdant landscapes give way to a frosty winters — and airwaves are consumed by the all-too-familiar rustling of steel-coated instrumentation.Then, the chorus floats in, a feather in the brisk winter wind.

Mariah Carey is making the most of her favorite time of the year. The Queen of Christmas stepped out in style while celebrating Christmas with her inner circle in Aspen, Colorado, after touring across the country and bringing the holiday spirit to her fans.

Mariah Carey has insisted she never predicted All I Want for Christmas Is You would be a hit. Co-written and produced by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff, the track was originally included on her 1994 holiday album,